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Jody Brink's avatar

Marvelous! So much fun to get these tidbits of history along with the language in question. Do you specialize in any particular language? Or any particular era?

Danny Bate's avatar

Thank you! And I must say that my specialism is hard to pin down! I'm interested in and will research pretty much any aspect of language and history, but with a heavy weight of preference towards the ancient and the medieval. Going off my academic life, my specialism is the Indo-European language family, and within that more specifically Latin and Old Irish.

Jody Brink's avatar

A man after my own heart! I, too, have always been fascinated with the ancient world, especially the Late Bronze Age, and early medieval times. I’m ethnically Welsh, so the British Isles are especially interesting.

luigi.guarino@gmail.com's avatar

Some scholars think it plausible that Mark was written in Rome.

Protomology's avatar

Original Gangster Asia… I like that!

Also great writing!

luigi.guarino@gmail.com's avatar

I don't think Sudan has the oldest pyramids, though it certainly has the most pyramids.

Danny Bate's avatar

Intended to be read as "... the most [ancient pyramids]...", as opposed to "... the [most ancient] pyramids...".

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Danny Bate's avatar

Very well said, thank you!